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Metal ClayCopper Clay Pumpkin Pendant Tutorial

Copper Clay Pumpkin Pendant Tutorial

Hi, it's Sam from Rock And Rose Jewellery and today I'm sharing with you a metal clay tutorial on creating your own copper clay pumpkin pendant, perfect for spooky season! This is a great tu...

Inspiration5 Minute Handmade Jewellery Making Gifts This Christmas

5 Minute Handmade Jewellery Making Gifts This Christmas

Thinking of making some handmade jewellery designs this Christmas? Jewellery making doesn't have to require lots of time, tools or skill! We share with you some simple, beginner friendly des...

BeginnersSea Glass Jewellery Making Projects For Beginners

Sea Glass Jewellery Making Projects For Beginners

Do you have a collection of sea glass but not sure what to do with it? Make beautiful handmade jewellery! It couldn't be easier to transform your treasures into something you can cherish and wear e...

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Beginners7 Ways To Fasten A Necklace or Bracelet

7 Ways To Fasten A Necklace or Bracelet

Whilst it is not the most exciting part of jewellery design, fastenings are really important. They need to be secure, easy to navigate and blend in with the rest of the design. There are many thing...

How to guidesA Guide To Texturing Metals For Jewellery Making

A Guide To Texturing Metals For Jewellery Making

  It's Time To Get Creative With Metals There are so many different effects that can be achieved with metals, whether that's adding a patina, texturing or shaping... the sky is the limit! All textu...

How to guidesVIDEO: How To Create Patina With Liver Of Sulphur

VIDEO: How To Create Patina With Liver Of Sulphur

What Is Liver Of Sulphur? Liver of sulphur is used to achieve an antique look or a patina on metal which can be black or a range of colours. The silver reacts chemically with the Sulphur, wh...

Gemstone Library

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What is Amethyst Trapiche?

What is Amethyst Trapiche?

Amethyst star, like all trapiche gems, are a type of mineral formation that have a distinctive radiating star of inclusions. Trapiche gems often have a central core with...

5 Gemstones To Honour Your Mum

5 Gemstones To Honour Your Mum

1. Moonstone SHOP MOONSTONE Moonstone is said to be the stone of protection for mothers and children. It is associated with new beginnings and used for reducing...

Kernowcraft

Kernowcraft

Ammolite is a gorgeous opal-like organic gemstone that shines in an array of different colours and shades. The stone is found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains in Nor...

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The Complete Guide To Photographing Jewellery

The Complete Guide To Photographing Jewellery

One of the most important parts of selling any product is good photography. The more amazing your items look, the more people will want them! But it's not always so simple. Jewellery photog...

5 Steps To Creating A Profitable Jewellery Business

5 Steps To Creating A Profitable Jewellery Business

With the successful launch of the new book 'Start And Grow A Profitable Jewellery Business With Jessica Rose', we invited the author and founder of Jewellers Academy, Jessica to share her a...

Jewellery Craft Market Vlog & Packing List With Mareike

Jewellery Craft Market Vlog & Packing List With Mareike

byMaraca is all about bold yet sophisticated jewellery made by me, Mareike, in my home studio in Liverpool, UK. Established early 2020, I decided to take things properly into my hands when t...

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14 Jewellery Designs Using Metal Clay

14 Jewellery Designs Using Metal Clay

Discover the magic of metal clay! It can be moulded, sculpted and formed just like modelling clay and can be fired in most cases with a gas torch. Once fired, the clay turns into 99.9% pure ...

Celebrating Ant and our jewellery community at the NAJ Awards

Celebrating Ant and our jewellery community at the NAJ Awards

There was plenty to celebrate at this year’s National Association of Jewellers Awards, with our very own Ant James shortlisted for Unsung Hero of the Year.

Our Favourite Halloween Inspired Jewellery Designs

Our Favourite Halloween Inspired Jewellery Designs

With its famous colour palette of black, blood red, gooey green, pumpkin orange and deep, dark purple as well as a whole array of creatures, beasts and spooky characters associated to it, Ha...